Kurt Kilburn promoted to Deputy Ag Commissioner

March 22, 2011

Kurt Kilburn has been promoted to the position of Deputy Agricultural Commissioner by Tulare's Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, Marilyn Kinoshita. He assumed his new position March 13, 2011.

As the Deputy Ag Commissioner in charge of our Pesticide Use Enforcement Division, Kurt will direct monitoring activities which aid the safe use of agricultural use pesticides and protect farm workers. 

"My goal is to have Kurt play a key role in grower education and modernizing our website pesticide use reporting system." Kinoshita said. "We congratulate Kurt and are confident that he will continue to serve our growers and the public with dedication."

Kurt was raised in Porterville and attended California State University, Fresno with a degree in Plant Science. He worked for a retail nursery for four years before becoming an Inspector with the Ag Commissioner's office in July 2001.